tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post3836884851070382672..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: The Poppies Blow Between The Crosses, Row On RowJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-62208190662286074722010-06-01T16:26:47.979-04:002010-06-01T16:26:47.979-04:00Dear Cheese Connoisseur,
Have you heard of Memori...Dear Cheese Connoisseur,<br /><br />Have you heard of Memorial Day?Joseph Frommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-38346479571771499002010-06-01T13:24:39.088-04:002010-06-01T13:24:39.088-04:00McCrea's poem was quite popular but it's p...McCrea's poem was quite popular but it's pretty awful next to the other poetry from WWI. Check out the Penguin Anthology of WWI poetry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-4047075628970362102010-06-01T13:23:24.861-04:002010-06-01T13:23:24.861-04:00War is not good for children and other living thin...War is not good for children and other living things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-78479507791732436052010-06-01T12:14:51.839-04:002010-06-01T12:14:51.839-04:00Why all these war memoirs, Frommage?Why all these war memoirs, Frommage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-64751852035745061002010-05-31T12:06:37.318-04:002010-05-31T12:06:37.318-04:00Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Thank you for remem...Beautiful. Simply beautiful.<br /><br />Thank you for remembering.justrobnjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236610594068068349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-62471533359904651882010-05-31T09:35:54.371-04:002010-05-31T09:35:54.371-04:00After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields wa...After John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields was published in 1915 the poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.<br /><br /> Three years later an American, Moina Michael, was working in a New York City YMCA canteen when she started wearing a poppy in memory of the millions who died on the battlefield.<br /><br /> During a 1920 visit to the United States a French woman, Madame Guerin, learned of the custom. On her return to France she decided to use handmade poppies to raise money for the destitute children in war-torn areas of the country.<br />http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/poppy.htmlJoseph Frommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-86868853825855988122010-05-31T08:35:20.876-04:002010-05-31T08:35:20.876-04:00What is this a reference to?What is this a reference to?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947173280572253485noreply@blogger.com